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I started C25k at 210 lbs, I'm now on week 6 and weigh 188 lbs. (5ft 7") The best advice I can give:* Especially in the early weeks, listen to your body and adjust your speed accordingly: you don't want to hurt yourself before your body has adapted to the program. Even if that meals dropping to brisk walking on the "run"…

Week 6 Day 1 complete :smile: The weather isn't too great at the moment so I'm on the treadmill. Since week 5, I'm doing my Day 1 run intervals at 9.5kmph, Day 2 at 9.0kmph and Day 3 at 8.5kmph at with 6kmph walk intervals. Aiming to do a 5k in under 35 minutes by my next birthday (April) - an average speed of 8.6kmph - so…

In the "run" intervals, power walk instead, then on the walk intervals just walk slowly (or even stop altogether if it's too much). Try and get through the programme this way and then restart with jogging. Alternatively, you might find that part way through you just feel stronger (and lighter?) and you want to try jogging…

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'll set about increasing my daily protein intake rather than just loading it on big workout days.

Lean body mass which I've always understood to be "non-fat" weight (as opposed to lean muscle which is just muscle weight). It means, in theory, the drop in mass could be water weight, muscle wastage or drop in bone density.

This is using body impedance on the scale so not necessarily the most reliable, I know. That's why I wanted to check - my gym results are massively increased over the past month. It just doesn't make sense in my mind that I would be stronger, lighter and have less LBM. Monday to Friday, I only really have high protein…

http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=4732 If there's something in there that is animal sourced then let me know because I haven't spotted it :)

I'm taking 100ug of vitamin D3 (most supplements are D2 which has been shown to be useless to humans) and a time release B complex along with grazing on fruit and vegetables throughout the day. I don't think I've known a tougher year for SAD than this one but this has got me through. The other thing that I've tried which…

We're having a vegan BBQ at my wedding later this year :) Soya burgers, sausages, vegetable skewers and foil wrapped potatoes chucked in the coals with a selection of fillings :)

The big thing that always frustrates me with MFP is that you can't view enough of your macros on the web version of your diary! I would say that water, protein, sodium and fibre are the things you need to track carefully right now. You need to drink 8-10 "cups" (roughly 4-5 pints) of water a day - this does not include…

Yoga in general is quite good. For recovering, it doesn't get much more low impact than planks - just assume a push up position but on your fore arms rather than hands, and hold it for 30 seconds, relax, hold for 30 seconds, relax... repeat 10 to 20 times. As you get stronger, hold for longer and increase the repetitions.…

Something that's worked for me is using effervescent vitamins and things like fibre sachets as an excuse to have another glass of water. When I start my day, the first thing I want to do is take the multivitamin so I fill up my glass... but my glass is a pint glass and the multivitamin tastes better in a half pint so I…

Each time I start out healthy eating there's all the left over junk food in the cupboards, fridge and freezer that it seems wrong to discard! So they creep in over time. The discovery of peanut butter Oreos hasn't helped either...

Congratulations - that's an impressive loss! Welcome to MFP :)

I'm in my 8th year of veganism and 15th year of vegetarianism :) Anyone is welcome to add me :)

Regular logging here and will definitely be keeping it up for the next few months (wedding targets!)

A lifelong Whovian here :) Grew up with Peter Davison and repeats of the first four Doctors. Really enjoyed Ecclestone and Tenant and looking forward to Peter Capaldi's run. A lot of Sherlock comments on here too so I should probably mention that that's my other favourite show :)

Portion control is the thing that will amaze you. Get out the food scale and the measuring cups and prepare for some surprises! In some cases, when I starting measuring portions, I found that I had previously been eating double (or greater) the actual portion!

I'm doing Just Dance 2014 and my heartrate monitor shows me burning around 1,000 calories for 90 minutes of play (about double what the game reports). I hope that helps :)

After getting a couple of pints of water in me I prepare my protein shake with added berries (it is breakfast after all :) ) and drink a third before starting, up to a third half way through, and the rest after I finish. Shake recipe: - 400ml Alpro vanilla soya milk - 28g (one scoop) of soya protein isolate - my typical…

Aside from vegan patties or sausages for burgers and hotdogs, I like "chicken"-style pieces (or TVP chunks) marinaded in Nando's peri peri sauce or BBQ sauce on a skewer with diced peppers and onions for a spicy vegan kebab

Tonight I'm experimenting with a veganised "cheesesteak" sandwich :) 2 servings: 200g Redwood Vegideli meat-free "beef" (grilled) 7 rashers Redwood Vegideli organic "bacon" (grilled) 1/2 onion (foil wrapped and grilled - like you do on a BBQ) 3 slices of Tofutti smooth cheddar style 1 panini - lightly spread with Vitalite…

I've met more preachy vegans than non-preachy ones. And many of the preachy vegans I've met attack vegetarians MORE than meat-eaters. They label vegetarians as "hypocrites" and make comments that "you should know better". These vegans kept me as a vegetarian for 8 years. It was only when I met some nice ones online that I…

I'm from Bournemouth, UK - feel free to add me anyone, always nice to have more vegans on my friends list :) I'm vegan for ethical reasons primarily but enjoying the health benefits and much more aware of the environmental and social issues now too.

Since I've been tracking nutrients as well as calories, I've taken to storing common dishes in my recipe list and constructing them from scratch using recipes online or, in the case of Wagamama, the restaurant's own cookbook. I've been doing this because very few of the dishes listed in the system include things like…

I take a similar approach to Abbi - hot chocolate before bed :) I can double up on that with soya milk on cereal in the mornings

I'm a strict dietary vegan for stuff I make and buy from supermarkets, etc, but I try and apply "reasonable doubt" when eating out at omni and vegetarian restaurants. I don't like the idea of "these are strict criteria that you must meet to claim the label". Life is all shades of grey, a continuum, and so, within reason (I…

I went from omni to veggie at 16 and veggie to vegan at 24. Each time I phased out products rather than going "cold turkey" (pun recognised but not intended!). Becoming veggie, first went meat, then gelatine, then rennents. As a vegan, I stopped dairy, then stopped purchasing egg based products whilst I allowed my…